Vicky Kaushal’s mother told him ‘not to act like God’ during struggling days; father Sham Kaushal warned him: ‘Don’t come with…’

However, there were days when he would get disheartened and discouraged. That is when his mother told him something that gave him a lot of “power and it still does”.

Vicky shared that his mother told him, “It’s not your job to know how it’s going to happen. Your job is to have faith that it’s going to happen. The ‘how’ part of it…don’t try to become God. You can plan it but don’t kill yourself over it.” That one line gave Vicky “faith”. He shared, “She just said it non-chalantly but it gave me a lot of power at that time.”

Not just his mother, Vicky Kaushal got some pearls of wisdom from his father, Sham Kaushal, an action director in Bollywood, as well. “One thing that my dad told me was not to come with Plan B. It is different for different people, but it works for me. When I know there is no safety net, I jump a little bit more far. It gives me power,” said Vicky.

These golden words from his parents seem to have helped Vicky Kaushal throughout his career. He made his debut in a leading role with Anurag Kashyap’s Masaan in 2015. Though appreciated for his performance in Raman Raghav 2.0, he finally got recognition with the 2018 film Raazi which was followed by the massive success of Aditya Dhar’s Uri: The Surgical Strike. He also won the National Award for his performance in Sardar Udham (2021). Next, the actor will be seen in Meghna Gulzar’s film, Sam Bahadur.